Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries

Title

Intercollegiate Center for Nursing Education Records

ID

Archives 233

Date [inclusive]

1947-1993

General Physical Description note

15 linear feet 12 containers

Abstract

Comprised of correspondence, memoranda, reports and similar documents. The focus is general policy and direction of the Center. The records also include instructional records, which consist of course outlines, tests and the like. Also contains construction and architectural records relative to the Magnuson Building, the facility that has housed the ICNE since 1980.

History:

The Intercollegiate Center for Nursing Education at Spokane opened in 1969 as a joint project of four local educational institutions: Washington State University, Eastern Washington State College, Fort Wright College, and Whitworth College. Over the years, this arrangement was modified, but basically the same pattern persisted, notwithstanding the closing of one of the participants institutions.

A partial history is found with the archives inventory that describes other records of ICNE: Archives 54.

Scope and Contents note

Records from the Intercollegiate Center for Nursing Education consist of a lengthy run of subject files that span time from the planning of the Center until about 1993. These are comprised of correspondence, memoranda, reports and similar documents. The focus is general policy and direction of the Center.

The records also include instructional records, which consist of course outlines, tests and the like. These are retained as archival records because of the need to document specific contents of classes and course in cases of nurse certification and licensing.

A third series of records consist of construction and architectural records relative to the Magnuson Building, the facility that has housed the ICNE since 1980.

Publication Information

Conditions Governing Access note

The Collection is open for research use.

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

Records from the Intercollegiate Center for Nursing Education, (located at Spokane, Washington), were transferred to the Washington State University Libraries in 1990 (UA90-04) and 1994 (UA94-01). The University Libraries serves as the archival repository for ICNE, which is a project of several colleges and universities in Eastern Washington.

Processing Information note

The records were processed by April O'Riley in 1998, and the inventory was edited to finding aid format by Lawrence Stark, August, 2001.